Les Ordres
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Director Michel Brault Screenplay Michel Brault Writer Michel Brault Language French | 8/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History Duration Country Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 27, 1974 (1974-09-27) Initial release September 27, 1974 (Canada) Awards Cannes Best Director Award Cast Hélène Loiselle (Marie Boudreau), Jean Lapointe (Clermont Boudreau), Guy Provost (Dr. Jean-Marie Beauchemin), Claude Gauthier (Richard Lavoie), Louise Forestier (Claudette Dusseault)Similar movies Set in Quebec, Movies about government, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Orders (original title: Les Ordres, known in the United States as: Orderers) is a 1974 Quebec historical drama film about the incarceration of innocent civilians during the 1970 October Crisis and the War Measures Act enacted by the Canadian government of Pierre Trudeau. It is the second film by director Michel Brault. It features entertainer and Senator Jean Lapointe.
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Plot
The film tells the story of five of those incarcerated civilians. It is scripted but is inspired by a number of interviews with actual prisoners made during the events and its style is heavily inspired by the Quebec school of Cinéma vérité. It is a docufiction.
Cast
Awards
It shared a Cannes Film Festival Award in 1975 and four Canadian Film Awards (predecessor of the Genie Awards) the same year. It was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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